pregão

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin praecōnem (“herald, crier”). Compare Galician and Spanish pregón.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [pɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [pɾɨˈɣɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: pre‧gão

Noun

pregão m (plural pregões)

  1. proclamation
    Synonym: proclamação
  2. cry
    • (Can we date this quote?), Fernando Pessoa, “Do meio da rua”, in Poesias Inéditas 1919-1930:
      Do meio da rua / (Que é, aliás, o infinito) / Um pregão flutua, / Música num grito...
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